Polish Airmen Get Their 500th Kill 1943

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Full title reads: "POLISH AIRMEN GET 500th KILL".

Poland.

Various shots of Polish President Wladyslav Raczkiewicz presenting medals to the two pilots of the plane that claimed the 500th victim for the Polish Air Force.

(Mute & Trace Negs.)

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Cataloguer:
Sanja
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
37908
Sort Number:
43/011
Time in/Out:
01:27:06:00 / 01:27:51:00
Canister:
43/11
Film ID:
1075.14
Issue Date:
08/02/1943

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  • The two men receiving medals here are Henryk Pietrzak and Zdzislaw Langhamer, both of No. 306 Polish Fighter Squadron.

    "Wladyslav" Raczkiewicz should read Wladyslaw.

    jamied 7th Jun 2012

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